By: Tiny Mix Tapes
I've been feeling a bit twee lately-acoustic guitars and mandolins tend to make me happy as a clam. In that spirit I present to you Everything But the Girl's twee cover of Simon and Garfunkel's The Only Living Boy in New York, as twee as they come.
Even the video, shot by Hal Hartley, is twee, with lots of staring out the windows and contemplating the wee clouds and the lovely buildings and the great spectacle of the universe.
It's all so . . . happy! Below, Paul and Artie kick it in Munich. This is a case of the cover basically playing it completely safe. That's okay though, because this song just makes me want to sit in a swing and drink lemonade.
Sing it with us. Ahhhh-ah-ah-ah.
Even the video, shot by Hal Hartley, is twee, with lots of staring out the windows and contemplating the wee clouds and the lovely buildings and the great spectacle of the universe.
Posted on 04/20/2008
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Hey! great track! Thanks for playin'.
My Trusted MOGs
boy, that's old (based on the video).....I absolutely adore EBTG. I've never heard this cover.....thanx...though I do have some ancient EBTG cd's, where they sound extremely folk-ish..I like how they have progressed.
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Never seen a vid before where the performers pretend to be singing, but don't open their mouths. I liked it, though. S&G produce a strange reaction in me, in that I never look forward to their tunes coming up on the iPod, yet when they do I enjoy the hell out of every one. Although the recording is shite here, they still sound pretty damn good. And it makes me think that Paul Simon can't write 'em like that any more. But I still buy 'em when they come out - some things have not changed since 1966.
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Like this a lot!